personal magical book on the web 2026-07-07T19:12:00+00:00 https://killeik.net killeik sixwingedkilleik@gmail.com 2026-07-07T19:12:00+00:00 https://killeik.net/marginalia/posts/19-40-32/ <p>The website just migrated to the <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/getzola/zola">Zola SSG</a> because I felt wrong that my website, which idealistically do not uses any JavaScript, actually uses JavaScript on the server. It maybe makes sense to tightly integrate the frontend and backend with one language and type safety, but not really when it's only backend.</p> <p>Now it's on Rust, and the builds are 20x faster. Tbh, build time doesn't actually matter that much to me, and if I won't be able to do something critical with that tool, I may migrate back to 11ty - it's still an excellent ssg.</p> <p>I also moved from yaml frontmatter to toml and enabled html and css minification without obfuscation. It's probably not going to change much, but why not?</p> <p>Hopefully you haven't noticed anything at all.</p> <p>And to anyone following the RSS feed: sorry if the whole site suddenly reappeared after the migration. I accidentally changed how feed IDs were sluggified. That should already be fixed.</p> 2026-06-03T12:45:13+03:00 https://killeik.net/marginalia/posts/2026-06-03-09-45-12/ <p>Microsoft decided to port GNU Coreutils to Windows. We've come full circle, lol :O <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/microsoft/coreutils">microsoft/coreutils: Coreutils for Windows</a></p> 2026-06-01T15:14:34+03:00 https://killeik.net/marginalia/posts/2026-06-01-11-36-32/ <p>By the way, I love incremental games</p> <p>Today I played <a rel="external" href="https://galaxy.click/play/566">LINC - little game about converting whole world to linux</a>, and it was fun!</p> 2026-06-01T15:14:34+03:00 https://killeik.net/marginalia/posts/2026-05-30-14-08-00/ <p>The main downside <a rel="external" href="https://www.11ty.dev/">JavaScript-based SSG</a> js is that GitHub Dependabot constantly screams at you about some random high or critical vulnurabilties in dependencies</p> <pre><code data-lang="asciidoc">_!_(`_`)_!_ </code></pre> 2026-06-27T13:58:05+03:00 https://killeik.net/marginalia/posts/2026-05-28-11-49-09/ <p>that's the vibe and I don't care</p> <iframe class="youtube-embed" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lWyR2kHm8fU" title="YouTube video" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen></iframe> 2026-06-01T15:14:34+03:00 https://killeik.net/marginalia/posts/2026-05-20-09-04-40/ <p>Yesterday I asked chatgpt to generate "an image of a tyrannosaurus, but not t-rex" o.o I actually meant a Triceratops btw</p> <pre><code data-lang="asciidoc"> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, M , &#39; &#39;, {| M , &#39; &#39;, { | M , &#39; &#39;, {./ &gt;,,&#39; ; ;, ======;;;;; __&gt; ; ; &#39;, =====,&#39; @ (__ ; ; &#39;, ___ / .../ ; ; \,/ &#39;, &#39;, ; ; ( ^ , &#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;,,,,,&#39;, &#39;, ,; ;&#39;, \//_, &#39; ; ;&#39;, ;,,,,,,,&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;; ; ; &#39;, ; ; &#39;, ; ; ; ; ; &#39;, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; &#39; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; (/(/(/ ; ; (/(/(/ ; ; (/(/(/ (/(/(/ </code></pre> 2026-06-27T13:58:05+03:00 https://killeik.net/marginalia/posts/2026-05-17-18-45-19/ <p>I recently watched <a rel="external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Pow!_Enter_the_Fist">Kung Pow: Enter the Fist</a>. I randomly watched this yt vid <a rel="external" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7j9ONAplwY">Scientifically Proving The Funniest Movie Of All Time</a> where he tries to prove that <em>Kung Pow</em> is the funniest movie of all time.</p> <p>I liked the story about the production of that movie - It is somewhere between vandalism and true art. Steve Oedekerk bought the rights to a random 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film, <em>Tiger &amp; Crane Fists</em>, digitally inserted himself into the footage, rewrote the story into absurd nonsense, dubbed himself over most of the characters, and built an entirely new movie from pieces of the original.</p> <p>It is absolutely a B-movie - maybe even something worse. A bizarre hybrid of cheap 70s martial arts cinema and cheap early-2000s CGI. Still it was a pretty fun and comfortable movie to watch, laugh and then continue your life - and that's a good thing. 7/10</p> <p>Se ya</p> 2026-06-27T13:58:05+03:00 https://killeik.net/marginalia/posts/2026-05-16-20-57-06/ <p>Hi, marginalia!</p> <p>Here I'll be writing small and stupid things because sometimes I want to share something without opening my desktop editor or thinking too much about it.</p> <p>Enjoy!</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/128kb_eu/ <a class="primary" href="https://128kb.eu/"><h3>128KB</h3></a><p>A creative-coding archive for tiny 128x128-ish moving works, each squeezed under 128KB with tags.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/alexharri_com_blog_ascii_rendering/ <a class="primary" href="https://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-rendering"><h3>ASCII Rendering</h3></a><p>A deep dive into rendering images as ASCII, which is both ancient terminal magic and modern browser craft.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/archive_kernel_org_404/ <a class="primary" href="https://archive.kernel.org/404"><h3>kernel.org 404</h3></a><p>The Linux kernel archive's 404 page, because it's beautiful. Maybe check other pages too</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/classless_css_previews_vercel_app/ <a class="primary" href="https://classless-css-previews.vercel.app/"><h3>Classless CSS Previews</h3></a><p>Preview classless CSS themes on the same markup and pick a stylesheet without opening twenty tabs.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/csszengarden_com_pages_alldesigns/ <a class="primary" href="https://csszengarden.com/pages/alldesigns/"><h3>CSS Zen Garden Designs</h3></a><p>The legendary CSS Zen Garden design archive, proof that one HTML file can wear a hundred different souls.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/devdocs_io/ <a class="primary" href="https://devdocs.io/"><h3>DevDocs</h3></a><p>Fast offline-friendly documentation search for a pile of programming languages, APIs, and frameworks.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/duducat_moe/ <a class="primary" href="https://duducat.moe/"><h3>duducat.moe</h3></a><p>A personal site with soft webcore energy and the usual lovely signs of someone making the internet their room.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/famistudio_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://famistudio.org/"><h3>FamiStudio</h3></a><p>A lovely chiptune music editor for making NES and Famicom sounds without fighting ancient trackers.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/flipboard_com_sitemap_topics/ <a class="primary" href="https://flipboard.com/sitemap/topics"><h3>Flipboard Topics</h3></a><p>Flipboard's topic sitemap, a strangely browsable map of what a social magazine thinks the world is made of.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/github_com_silverbulletmd_silverbullet/ <a class="primary" href="https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet"><h3>SilverBullet</h3></a><p>A self-hosted personal knowledge app that treats notes as programmable, queryable things.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/indieblog_page/ <a class="primary" href="https://indieblog.page/"><h3>Indieblog.page</h3></a><p>Click one button and get thrown into a random post from someone's personal blog, like IndieWeb channel surfing.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/kill_the_newsletter_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://kill-the-newsletter.com/"><h3>Kill the Newsletter</h3></a><p>Turn email newsletters into rss/atom feeds, rescuing reading from the inbox swamp.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/lens_rknight_me/ <a class="primary" href="https://lens.rknight.me/"><h3>Lens</h3></a><p>A Robb Knight tool for checking a site's meta tags, icons, feeds, colors, and other tiny pieces of web plumbing.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/lofi_limo_blog_write_html_right/ <a class="primary" href="https://lofi.limo/blog/write-html-right"><h3>Write HTML Right</h3></a><p>A practical love letter to writing HTML carefully, semantically, and without turning the page into soup. Also main page has a lovely lofi radio</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/metazooa_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://metazooa.com/"><h3>Metazooa</h3></a><p>Daily game where you guess the animal by walking their evolutionary tree.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/nakarte_me/ <a class="primary" href="https://nakarte.me/"><h3>Nakarte</h3></a><p>A serious map tool for routes, tracks, layers, and the kind of geography fiddling that needs better than default maps.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/neolurk_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://neolurk.org/"><h3>Neolurk</h3></a><p>A Russian wiki of internet lore, memes, drama, and cultural debris from the online swamp.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/osteophage_neocities_org_links/ <a class="primary" href="https://osteophage.neocities.org/links"><h3>Osteophage Links</h3></a><p>A Neocities links page with the hand-curated feel that makes web wandering good again.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/puzer_github_io_github_recommender/ <a class="primary" href="https://puzer.github.io/github_recommender/"><h3>GitHub Recommender</h3></a><p>A recommender for GitHub repositories, because the good weird projects are always hiding two links away.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/solaria_neocities_org_guides_cssfilter/ <a class="primary" href="https://solaria.neocities.org/guides/cssfilter"><h3>CSS Filter Guide</h3></a><p>Solaria shows no-JS filtering with radio buttons, classes, :checked, :has(), and CSS selectors.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/solaria_neocities_org_guides_themeswitch/ <a class="primary" href="https://solaria.neocities.org/guides/themeswitch"><h3>Theme Switch Guide</h3></a><p>Solaria's personal guide to adding a theme switcher, for giving one hand-coded site multiple moods.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/strudel_cc/ <a class="primary" href="https://strudel.cc/"><h3>Strudel</h3></a><p>Live-code music patterns in the browser and make the page behave like an instrument.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/tabletopaudio_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://tabletopaudio.com/"><h3>Tabletop Audio</h3></a><p>Ambient soundscapes and music for tabletop games, writing, work, or pretending your room has a quest in it.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/tailscale_com_blog_how_nat_traversal_works/ <a class="primary" href="https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works"><h3>How NAT Traversal Works</h3></a><p>Tailscale explains NAT traversal with UDP hole punching, STUN, DERP, WireGuard, QUIC/WebRTC, and port mapping.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/url_town/ <a class="primary" href="https://url.town/"><h3>url.town</h3></a><p>A human-curated web directory from the omg.lol community, built for browsing good links like it is the old web again.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/web_archive_org_20130530171821_awk_info/ <a class="primary" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160417004908/http://awk.info/"><h3>awk.info</h3></a><p>AWK is still cool: a compact little language for slicing text, making reports, and doing useful command-line data magic.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/webtiles_kicya_net/ <a class="primary" href="https://webtiles.kicya.net/"><h3>Webtiles</h3></a><p>A tiled little web toy that feels like poking at a strange interactive mosaic.</p> 2026-05-16T15:59:36+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/wikipedia25_org_en/ <a class="primary" href="https://wikipedia25.org/"><h3>Wikipedia 25</h3></a><p>Celebrate a bit of Wikipedia history through a beautiful interactive site with playful retro design.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_piskelapp_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.piskelapp.com/"><h3>Piskel</h3></a><p>A browser pixel-art editor for sprites, animations, and tiny images.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_realtimecolors_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.realtimecolors.com/"><h3>Realtime Colors</h3></a><p>Preview colors and fonts on a site mockup, check contrast, tune type, and export CSS, Tailwind, SCSS, or tokens.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_svgviewer_dev/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.svgviewer.dev/"><h3>SVG Viewer</h3></a><p>Paste, inspect, optimize, and preview SVGs without opening a whole design app.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_webdesignmuseum_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/"><h3>Web Design Museum</h3></a><p>A museum of web design history, back when every era of the internet had a visibly different accent.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_whatfontis_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.whatfontis.com/"><h3>WhatFontIs</h3></a><p>Upload a font mystery and let the machine guess what typeface you are staring at.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_whosampled_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.whosampled.com/"><h3>WhoSampled</h3></a><p>A music rabbit hole where you jump between samples, covers, and remixes until listening turns into play.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/xn--80aus7a_com_desk/ <a class="primary" href="https://マリウス.com/belongings/"><h3>マリウス Belongings</h3></a><p>Ever wondered how minimalists live? Here are all the things one of them owns.</p> 2026-05-08T01:14:52+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/cssdoom_wtf/ <a class="primary" href="https://cssdoom.wtf/"><h3>cssDOOM</h3></a><p>Yes. DOOM rendered in CSS. Modern web capabilities remain 100% cursed and wonderful.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/harmful_cat_v_org_software/ <a class="primary" href="http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/"><h3>All software sucks</h3></a><p>Old-school Unix grumpiness with a clean moral spine: complexity is the enemy, taste is a weapon.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/suckless_org_rocks/ <a class="primary" href="https://suckless.org/rocks/"><h3>Stuff that rocks</h3></a><p>A list with the energy of someone replacing half your computer setup with smaller, stranger things.</p> 2025-09-18T12:21:01+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/animalbodyfatmatch_netlify_app/ <a class="primary" href="https://animalbodyfatmatch.netlify.app/"><h3>Animal Body Fat Match</h3></a><p>Find Your Spirit Animal... In Body Fat!</p> 2025-11-08T22:54:18+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/ankarstrom_se__john_articles_html/ <a class="primary" href="https://ankarstrom.se/~john/articles/html/"><h3>Writing HTML in HTML</h3></a><p>This article inspired me to start this site in plain HTML. But "HTML is unpleasant to write", so I switched to Markdown.</p> 2026-06-27T13:58:05+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/annas_archive_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://annas-archive.org/"><h3>Anna's Archive</h3></a><p>Search engine for shadow libraries. Wanna find some knowledge? :)</p> 2025-09-18T12:21:01+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/ansi_tools/ <a class="primary" href="https://ansi.tools/"><h3>ANSI Escape Codes</h3></a><p>Find, inspect and visualize control codes for terminals.</p> 2025-09-18T12:21:01+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/0x0_st/ <a class="primary" href="https://0x0.st/"><h3>0x0.st</h3></a><p>File hosting with a beautiful HTML-only design.</p> 2025-09-18T12:21:01+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/12factor_net/ <a class="primary" href="https://12factor.net/"><h3>The Twelve-Factor App</h3></a><p>Best practices for building scalable, and maintainable cloud-native applications.</p> 2025-09-18T12:21:01+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/16colo_rs/ <a class="primary" href="https://16colo.rs/"><h3>16colo.rs</h3></a><p>Beautiful ANSI/ASCII graphics gallery.</p> 2025-09-18T12:21:01+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/64_surf/ <a class="primary" href="https://64.surf/"><h3>64.surf</h3></a><p>Crazy concept - store entire file up to 350KB straight in URL. Yes, it works, and even has encryption.</p> 2025-09-18T12:21:01+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/aatishb_com_dissonance/ <a class="primary" href="https://aatishb.com/dissonance/"><h3>Dissonance - aatishb</h3></a><p>Pick a sound and explore what scales, intervals, and chords are most consonant or dissonant. Also video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl6ZcY9ag" class="primary">The Physics Of Dissonance</a></p> 2025-09-18T12:21:01+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/alternativeto_net/ <a class="primary" href="https://alternativeto.net/"><h3>AlternativeTo</h3></a><p>Tool for discovering software alternatives with people review.</p> 2025-11-08T22:54:18+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/anybrowser_org_campaign/ <a class="primary" href="https://anybrowser.org/campaign/"><h3>Viewable with Any Browser: Campaign</h3></a><p>A reminder about old days on the web - when browser compatibility was the hard feature to add.</p> 2025-11-08T22:54:18+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/awexplor_github_io/ <a class="primary" href="https://awexplor.github.io/"><h3>Awesome Explorer</h3></a><p>GitHub lists are awesome and this is awesome way to view them.</p> 2026-05-08T00:19:43+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/benhoyt_com_writings_the_small_web_is_beautiful/ <a class="primary" href="https://benhoyt.com/writings/the-small-web-is-beautiful/"><h3>The small web is beautiful</h3></a><p>Ben Hoyt on the small web: less algorithmic sludge, more handmade corners with a human pulse.</p> 2025-11-08T22:54:18+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/benjaminaster_com_css_minecraft/ <a class="primary" href="https://benjaminaster.com/css-minecraft/"><h3>CSS Minecraft</h3></a><p>Modern web capabilities are 100% crazy</p> 2026-05-08T00:19:43+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/blackscreen_in_windows_fake_update_screen/ <a class="primary" href="https://blackscreen.in/windows-fake-update-screen"><h3>Fake Windows 10/11 Update Screen</h3></a><p>Finally, a way to avoid work with a Windows update screen even when you are sitting on Linux.</p> 2026-05-08T00:19:43+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/booksearch_party/ <a class="primary" href="https://booksearch.party/"><h3>Free Audiobook Search</h3></a><p>Audiobooks for free. That's it. That's cool.</p> 2026-05-08T00:19:43+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/cascii_app/ <a class="primary" href="https://cascii.app/"><h3>CASCII</h3></a><p>Draw diagrams like it is 1987, except your browser is doing the tedious box-drawing bits.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/cool_uris_dont_change/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI"><h3>Cool URIs don't change</h3></a><p>Tim Berners-Lee's reminder that URLs are infrastructure, not confetti. Every broken link is a tiny protocol betrayal.</p> 2026-05-08T00:19:43+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/curlie_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://curlie.org/"><h3>Curlie - The Collector of URLs</h3></a><p>Extremely oldschool human-made web directory. Like Yahoo remembered to keep a candle lit.</p> 2026-05-08T00:19:43+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/cyberia_club/ <a class="primary" href="https://cyberia.club/"><h3>Cyberia Computer Club</h3></a><p>l33t l1ttl3 h4ck0r club with shells, services, member pages, and proper terminal fumes.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/debuggex_visual_regex_tester/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.debuggex.com/"><h3>Debuggex visual regex tester</h3></a><p>Regex tester that draws the expression as a diagram, which is often the only sane way to read one.</p> 2026-05-08T01:14:52+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/distrowatch_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://distrowatch.com/"><h3>DistroWatch.com</h3></a><p>The Linux distro scoreboard does not really work, so naturally everyone treats it as the source of truth.</p> 2026-05-08T00:19:43+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/dos_zone/ <a class="primary" href="https://dos.zone/"><h3>DOS Zone | DOS games in browser</h3></a><p>DOS games in the browser. No dusty beige box required.</p> 2026-05-08T01:14:52+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/dustinbrett_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://dustinbrett.com/"><h3>daedalOS</h3></a><p>A personal blog rebuilt as a whole desktop OS, which is ridiculous, excessive, and honestly really cool.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/explainshell_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.explainshell.com/"><h3>explainshell.com</h3></a><p>Paste a shell command and get every flag explained from the relevant man pages.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/fancy_cool_text_generator/ <a class="primary" href="https://fontgenerator.cool/"><h3>Fancy Cool Text Generator</h3></a><p>Plain text walks in, dramatic Unicode text walks out wearing twelve unnecessary hats.</p> 2026-05-08T01:14:52+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/felixrieseberg_github_io_clippy/ <a class="primary" href="https://felixrieseberg.github.io/clippy/"><h3>Clippy Desktop Assistant</h3></a><p>Clippy got dragged into Electron AI bullshit and somehow that is exactly the cursed future we deserved.</p> 2026-05-08T01:14:52+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/floor796_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://floor796.com/"><h3>Floor796</h3></a><p>A manually animated almost-infinite pixel canvas stuffed with culture references.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/guimp_com_smallest_website/ <a class="primary" href="https://zodogo.com/guimp.com/"><h3>guimp.com: smallest website</h3></a><p>A whole interactive website squeezed into 18 by 18 pixels. Absurd, tiny, and somehow usable.</p> 2026-05-08T01:14:52+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/html_spec_whatwg_org_multipage_introduction_html_is_this_html5/ <a class="primary" href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/introduction.html#is-this-html5"><h3>HTML Standard</h3></a><p>The HTML Standard is surprisingly readable, not some forbidden tech scroll guarded by browser wizards.</p> 2026-05-08T01:14:52+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/http_cat/ <a class="primary" href="https://http.cat/"><h3>HTTP Cats</h3></a><p>The fun way to remember even the most obscure HTTP codes before they vanish back into server-room fog.</p> 2026-05-08T01:14:52+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/impersona_chat/ <a class="primary" href="https://impersona.chat/"><h3>Impersona</h3></a><p>Autoformats your messages into chatroom-style roleplay by itself, which is very silly and weirdly funny.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/interactive_guide_to_flexbox/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/interactive-guide-to-flexbox/"><h3>Interactive Guide to Flexbox</h3></a><p>Josh Comeau explains Flexbox with interactive demos that make the weird parts finally click.</p> 2026-06-27T13:58:05+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/john_doe_neocities_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://john-doe.neocities.org/"><h3>John Doe's page</h3></a><p>A tiny technodemo that smartly uses CSS hiding to create a PWA-feeling app without a single drop of JavaScript.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/johnny_decimal_life_system/ <a class="primary" href="https://johnnydecimal.com/"><h3>Johnny.Decimal life system</h3></a><p>A filing cabinet for your whole life, with the calm severity of someone who has finally defeated folder chaos.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/justfuckingusehtml_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://justfuckingusehtml.com/"><h3>Just fucking use HTML</h3></a><p>Web advice delivered like a slap on the desk: stop summoning machinery and write the page.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/kagi_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://kagi.com/"><h3>Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine</h3></a><p>Search with the suspicious luxury of not feeling like the product being minced behind the curtain.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/lar5_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://lar5.com/"><h3>Lars Petrus Portal</h3></a><p>A tiny old personal portal that feels like it has been patiently waiting since 1996 for the web to come back around.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/learngitbranching_js_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://learngitbranching.js.org/"><h3>Learn Git Branching</h3></a><p>Git explained as a little puzzle box instead of a haunted command line you only touch during emergencies.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/life_in_weeks/ <a class="primary" href="https://lifeweeks.app/"><h3>Life in Weeks</h3></a><p>Whole life made into little squares, which is sad, useful, and weirdly soothing.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/meet_hn/ <a class="primary" href="https://meet.hn/"><h3>meet.hn</h3></a><p>The Hacker News social graph turned into a small doorway, for when usernames start feeling like actual people.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/melonland_net/ <a class="primary" href="https://melonland.net/"><h3>MelonLand Project</h3></a><p>Glittery handmade-web maximalism, like a forum, a garden, and a tiny internet town sharing one bedroom.</p> 2026-05-11T17:40:20+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/mnmlist_com_w/ <a class="primary" href="https://mnmlist.com/w/"><h3>minimal web</h3></a><p>The web reduced until only the bones remain, then reduced a little more for moral reasons.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/moanmyip/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.moanmyip.com/"><h3>MoanMyIP</h3></a><p>It literally moans your IP address in a deeply objectified phone-sex voice. Internet as cursed performance art.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/motherfuckingwebsite_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/"><h3>Motherfucking Website</h3></a><p>A page yelling that the html is enough, and annoyingly, it has a point.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/mschf_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://mschf.com/"><h3>MSCHF</h3></a><p>Brooklyn art collective/product studio making cursed drops, games, fashion stunts, auctions, and lawsuit-ready jokes.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/msg_viewer_pages_dev/ <a class="primary" href="https://msg-viewer.pages.dev/"><h3>Free in-browser .msg viewer</h3></a><p>View .msg in browser. Thank you.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/musicmap/ <a class="primary" href="https://musicmap.info/"><h3>Musicmap</h3></a><p>Music history as a sprawling subway map where every genre looks like it has family drama.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/neocities_org_browse/ <a class="primary" href="https://neocities.org/browse"><h3>Neocities - Browse</h3></a><p>A flea market of personal websites: messy rooms, bright buttons, strange shrines, and real people everywhere.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/nometa_xyz/ <a class="primary" href="https://nometa.xyz/"><h3>nometa</h3></a><p>Tiny etiquette with a hard stare: say the thing, skip the ceremony.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/ohshitgit_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://ohshitgit.com/"><h3>Oh Shit, Git!?!</h3></a><p>Git first aid written for the exact moment your stomach drops and the terminal looks personally disappointed.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/old_hard_ru/ <a class="primary" href="https://old-hard.ru/"><h3>OLD-HARD.RU</h3></a><p>Retro-computing basement energy: old hardware, old games, and the glow of machines that refuse to leave.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/oldschool_pc_font_pack/ <a class="primary" href="https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/showcase/"><h3>Oldschool PC Font Pack</h3></a><p>The oldschool font showcase whose beautiful glyphs and text art inspired the font choice on this site.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/onlyvisitonce_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://onlyvisitonce.com/"><h3>A website you can only visit once</h3></a><p>A tiny website with a single-use curse, making one click feel weirdly ceremonial.</p> 2026-05-08T20:23:35+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/orteil_dashnet_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://orteil.dashnet.org/"><h3>Orteil's homepage</h3></a><p>A personal homepage from the Cookie Clicker dimension: experiments, toys, and odd little systems bubbling away.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/os_phil_opp_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://os.phil-opp.com/"><h3>Writing an OS in Rust</h3></a><p>No idea who needs this, but here is the madman guide to writing a whole operating system in Rust.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/packardbell95_com_fortune/ <a class="primary" href="https://packardbell95.com/fortune/"><h3>Fortune</h3></a><p>An artish, viby little fortune teller wrapped in vaporwave aesthetics and soft old-computer energy.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/playables_net/ <a class="primary" href="https://playables.net/"><h3>Playables</h3></a><p>Strange, playful games and interactive projects from Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Frei.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/retronator_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://retronator.com/"><h3>Retronator Daily</h3></a><p>A daily pixel art and gaming web magazine, wholly made out of pixel art, which makes it special.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/sabrinas_space/ <a class="primary" href="https://sabrinas.space/"><h3>sabrinas.space -</h3></a><p>A visual essay on Japanese web design, with screenshots, clustering, and cultural context.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/samwho_dev/ <a class="primary" href="https://samwho.dev/"><h3>samwho</h3></a><p>Sam Rose's site, full of visual interactive explainers about software and systems.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/scrollart_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://scrollart.org/"><h3>The Scroll Art Museum</h3></a><p>Animated terminal scroll art, preserved as tiny loops of characters.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/signupp_fun/ <a class="primary" href="https://signupp.fun/"><h3>Sign Upp - World Worst Sign Up Process</h3></a><p>The world's worst sign-up process, carefully engineered to make account creation absurd.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/simple_made_easy_rich_hickey/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4"><h3>Simple Made Easy - Rich Hickey</h3></a><p>Rich Hickey draws a clean line between simple and easy, then quietly ruins half your architectural opinions.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/so1o_xyz__gar0u/ <a class="primary" href="https://so1o.xyz/@thatso1oguy"><h3>so1o.xyz</h3></a><p>A gamey, alchemy-inspired profile that pushed me to play with that vibe on my own website.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/sobrief_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://sobrief.com"><h3>SoBrief</h3></a><p>A cool book-summary library with audio, PDF, and EPUB options when you want the shape of an idea fast.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/soham_saha_github_io/ <a class="primary" href="https://soham-saha.github.io/Gen_Art/index.html"><h3>Generative Art Experiments</h3></a><p>Soham Saha's generative art experiments: little procedural systems where math turns into texture, motion, and pattern.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/sosbmusic_com_afloat/ <a class="primary" href="https://sosbmusic.com/afloat"><h3>Sounds of System Breakdown - Afloat</h3></a><p>A 3D music clip in the browser. I have never seen a music video object quite like this before, and it rules.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/systemd_complete_success/ <a class="primary" href="https://blog.tjll.net/the-systemd-revolution-has-been-a-success/"><h3>systemd complete success</h3></a><p>systemd won. cope harder, init script enjoyers.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/the_pirate_bay/ <a class="primary" href="https://thepiratebay.org/"><h3>The Pirate Bay</h3></a><p>The old BitTorrent cockroach of the web: magnet links, rough edges, and distributed-systems lore.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/tilde_club/ <a class="primary" href="https://tilde.club/"><h3>Welcome to ~tilde.club~</h3></a><p>A lovely communal web place where lots of people share tiny personal sites, gigs, notes, and small internet presence.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/timetraveltelevision_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://timetraveltelevision.com/"><h3>Time Travel Television</h3></a><p>Decade-hopping broadcast archaeology. Pick the 50s through 90s and let old TV leak through the time machine.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/tulpinteractive_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://tulpinteractive.com/"><h3>TULP interactive</h3></a><p>Interactive data visualization work across maps, science, archives, and public datasets.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/usenothing_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://usenothing.com/"><h3>Nothing: Simply Do Nothing</h3></a><p>A minimal timer for deliberately doing nothing.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/validator_w3_org/ <a class="primary" href="https://validator.w3.org/"><h3>The W3C Markup Validation Service</h3></a><p>The classic W3C validator for checking whether your markup is actually valid.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/vincentwoo_com_3d_sutro_tower/ <a class="primary" href="https://vincentwoo.com/3d/sutro_tower/"><h3>Sutro Tower in 3D</h3></a><p>An explorable gaussian splat of San Francisco's Sutro Tower, complete with orbit controls and interest points.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/walzr_com_IMG_0001/ <a class="primary" href="https://walzr.com/IMG_0001"><h3>IMG_0001</h3></a><p>Random early iPhone YouTube uploads with default IMG_XXXX filenames, turned into an accidental video time capsule.</p> 2026-05-09T12:57:55+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/website_under_14kb/ <a class="primary" href="https://endtimes.dev/why-your-website-should-be-under-14kb-in-size/"><h3>Website under 14kB</h3></a><p>Tiny-web speed sermon: squeeze the page under one TCP packet and make every byte count.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/workout_cool/ <a class="primary" href="https://workout.cool/en"><h3>Workout Cool</h3></a><p>A workout builder where you pick equipment, muscles, and exercises, then get a custom training session.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/wtfjs_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://wtfjs.com/"><h3>wtfjs</h3></a><p>If you hate JavaScript but do not know why yet, here are more than a hundred reasons.</p> 2026-05-10T14:23:48+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/wttr_in/ <a class="primary" href="https://wttr.in/"><h3>Weather report</h3></a><p>Weather as a terminal-native web service: curl it, pipe it, script it, skip the forecast dashboard.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_11ty_dev/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.11ty.dev/"><h3>Eleventy</h3></a><p>The SSR/static engine I use for this site. Fast, flexible, and it does not force its config shape on you.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_cryonceaweek_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.cryonceaweek.com/"><h3>Cry Once a Week</h3></a><p>Do not know what to feel? Watch the most tear-squeezing part of a movie and cry, of course.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_marginalia_nu/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.marginalia.nu/"><h3>www.marginalia.nu @marginalia.nu</h3></a><p>Home of Marginalia Search, plus essays and experiments around independent web discovery.</p> 2026-05-10T13:19:21+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_sqlnoir_com/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.sqlnoir.com/"><h3>SQL Noir - A Detective SQL Game</h3></a><p>A detective SQL game where the clues are in the database and the case is solved with queries.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_thereisnoweb_site/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.thereisnoweb.site/"><h3>There Is No Website</h3></a><p>A weird little browser game about a website that insists there is no website. Very silly, very cool.</p> 2026-05-09T11:45:14+03:00 https://killeik.net/web/websites/www_windows93_net/ <a class="primary" href="https://www.windows93.net/"><h3>WINDOWS93</h3></a><p>An alternate-universe operating system in the browser, full of fake apps, games, cursed nostalgia, and clickable chaos.</p> 2026-05-16T15:59:36+03:00 https://killeik.net/contact/ <div class="sidebyside"> <div class="widthtocontent"> <h1 id="summon-me">SUMMON ME</h1> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="http://t.me/killeik">TELEGRAM</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:sixwingedkilleik@gmail.com">EMAIL</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://github.com/killeik">GITHUB</a></li> </ul> </div> <pre><code data-lang="ascii"> - - +++ -++ ++++. ++++ -++++++ ++++++- +++-++++ +######+. .++++++++ .+++ ###########.+++++. +++ +++ #### -++ .+++++.###.++ .+++# .++++--+ -###+ ##+++ -+ +++++ -#### -## +++ +++++ -++++. ++-### ### +.++#+#. +++-+++ ###- ###..+++++ +-++-. ### ###.+++ +- +++-++--# .###.- +++ +++ +++++ +++### .+++ .+++ .++++- -++++- ### +++ +++ -## +++++ ++++++++++++++++ +++-+++++###++++++.###.--+++++. +++++++++++++++++++++++.++++++++#+++++###.+++++++++++ -###- +++ +++. .#### #####..+- -++-##### -######### +++-### -#####+++. +++ .+++ .++++++ +++++. ++++ +++ +- - </code></pre> </div> 2026-05-12T11:08:04+03:00 https://killeik.net/tinkering/ <h1 id="tinkering">Tinkering</h1> <p>I'm constantly trying to improve my environment. Whatever I do, if I know I'm going to be doing it for a long time, I try to make the process more comfortable. Even before cooking, I need to clean the kitchen. Before exercising, I need comfortable clothes and drinking water nearby.</p> <p>When it comes to working with computers, I know that I will be doing it for more than just the next day. I want to spend my whole life with computers.</p> <p>So trying to find even a 5% improvement in workflow doesn't seem so useless to me. And to be honest, I find it very interesting and fun! I change <a rel="external" href="https://eylenburg.github.io/os_comparison.htm">distributions</a>, terminals, environments, and on and on.</p> <p>The tools I keep using usually have something in common: they give me control without making the whole system feel like homework. I like software that is understandable, local-first when possible, hackable when needed, and pleasant enough that I do not have to fight it every day.</p> <h2 id="tools-that-i-use-and-have-used-for-some-time-now">Tools that I use and have used for some time now</h2> <h5 id="current-tools-are-highlighted-in-red">Current tools are highlighted in red.</h5> <table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody> <tr><td></td><td><strong># Distributions</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://fedoraproject.org/workstation/">Fedora</a></td><td>Latest software without going fully rolling. Pretty stable. A good place to live before switching to Arch fully.</td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://archlinux.org/">Arch</a></td><td>Great in almost every aspect, but requires some love and patience. Stays close to the system and makes it clear what is actually installed.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy" class="primary">Omarchy</a></td><td>Arch, but with dotfiles, defaults, and its own mirror. Not really a distro, but not just a config either, idk. A complete opinionated setup that still feels like Arch underneath.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># DE/WM</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://www.gnome.org/">Gnome</a></td><td>It works. Complete, modern, and backed by the libadwaita look and a nice ecosystem of <a rel="external" href="https://circle.gnome.org/">apps</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://swaywm.org/">Sway</a></td><td>The simplest tiling WM I know. Most others took too much effort just to feel okay.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://hypr.land/" class="primary">Hyprland</a></td><td>Takes more effort than Sway, but feels like a first-class Wayland citizen. Vaxry is not only building a tiling compositor, but also tools that make it feel less restrictive: the <a rel="external" href="https://wiki.hypr.land/Hypr-Ecosystem/">Hypr ecosystem</a> and <a rel="external" href="https://hypr.land/plugins/">plugins</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># Terminal Emulator</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot">Foot</a></td><td>Basic terminal. Does the job, but lacks tabs and splits.</td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://alacritty.org">Alacritty</a></td><td>Live config reload. Edit config, see result, move on. Lacks tabs and splits.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://ghostty.org/" class="primary">Ghostty</a></td><td>Great tabs and splits by default, so I do not need tmux for terminal layout. Live reload and dark/light theme switching are nice too.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># Shell</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://www.zsh.org/" class="primary">Zsh</a></td><td>A lot of power without a big framework. Add <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/blob/master/README.md">P10k instant theme</a>, <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab">fzf-tab</a>, <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions">autosuggestions</a>, and <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting">syntax highlighting</a>, and it starts to feel like a starship.</td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/">Bash</a> + <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/akinomyoga/ble.sh/blob/master/README.md">ble.sh</a></td><td>Fuck yeah, syntax highlighting, powerful completion, and all that on the default Bash shell. So cool!</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># .config manager</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://www.chezmoi.io/">Chezmoi</a></td><td>It's very flexible. A little too much for my taste.</td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/">GNU Stow</a></td><td>Unable to preserve symlinks at all, adding a file means recreating it, and a lot of quirky behavior ruins the experience. But I was able to use it, and that's cool.</td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://yadm.io/" class="primary">Yadm</a></td><td>Simple and predictable because it is fully Git, but still handles harder use cases with simple templates.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># Browser</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://zen-browser.app/" class="primary">Zen</a></td><td>From alpha to stable beta. Firefox-based, but with its own interface ideas, privacy focus, and weirdly powerful things like the mods store.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># Notes</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://obsidian.md/" class="primary">Obsidian</a></td><td>Not open source, but has great community support. Stable, polished, and easy to extend.</td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://logseq.com/">Logseq</a></td><td>My note-taking developed from using it: bullets, journals, all notes linked, no folders. It lacks extensions on mobile and feels laggy, but it shaped how I think about notes. Used previously.</td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://silverbullet.md/">Silverbullet</a></td><td>Almost everything I need works out of the box. Hackable and scriptable, even with almost no plugins and limited graphical options. Still feels good, and it's OSS.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># Editor</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://helix-editor.com/" class="primary">Helix</a></td><td>A simple and fast Neovim-like experience with batteries included. Selection first, then action. Multiple cursors without building a huge config.</td></tr> <tr><td><a rel="external" href="https://neovim.io/">Neovim</a></td><td>Powerful, but easy to turn into a second hobby. I respect it, and LazyVim from Omarchy is useful sometimes, but I do not want my editor to need that much attention.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># Passwords</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://keepassxc.org/" class="primary">KeepassXC</a> + <a href="https://www.keepassdx.com/" class="primary">KeepassDX</a></td><td>Local, easy, and simple, with ssh-agent support, browser integration, and an Android app. Best of the best.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># Syncing</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://syncthing.net/" class="primary">Syncthing</a></td><td>Sync between devices without leaving the local network. I just disabled public discovery.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><strong># RSS</strong></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://miniflux.app/" class="primary">Miniflux</a></td><td>Simplistic and fast RSS reader. The developer brings strong opinions brutally enough to keep it focused on reading feeds and avoid bloat. I also installed <a rel="external" href="https://rss-bridge.org/">RSS-Bridge</a> to expand its capabilities.</td></tr> <tr><td>VPN</td><td><a rel="external" href="http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202312010036">Error code: 451</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <h1 id="selfhosting">Selfhosting</h1> <p>All my values naturally converge to self-hosting.</p> <p>Freedom, privacy, open source, control, and hackability - all this multiplied by the nerd fun of being able to run SaaS-like applications entirely under my control. And I don't care if maintainers disappear or even if the internet <a rel="external" href="https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-Russian-cheburnet-argued-to-isolate-Russians-from-the-internet?godsavesussiafromthisshit">disappears</a> completely, I'll still be comfortable and without data loss. So this freedom has become my little hobby.</p> <p>Right now I'm using a simple system: a router with OpenWrt, and an always-on laptop right underneath it. For my modest tasks, it is completely enough, but I think this system will be expanded in the future.</p> <div class="sidebyside"> <pre><code data-lang="ascii"> , , / \ ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) `-_---&#39; `---_-&#39; `--|o` &#39;o|--&#39; \ ` / ): :( :o_o: &quot;-&quot; </code></pre> </div> 2026-06-27T13:58:05+03:00 https://killeik.net/thoughts/unsocial-networks/ <h1 id="unsocial-networks">Unsocial networks</h1> <p>On social networks, attention isn't really about what's being said. It's my monkey brain or something, but it becomes game about the numbers - likes, comments, followers. These metrics quietly define whether something is worth time, whether someone's voice is worth listening to, whether a thought even deserves to exist in my feed.</p> <p>Algorithms amplify this effect: posts with thousands of reactions get pushed into everyone's feed, while those with little engagement disappear into silence. The system isn't neutral - it rewards popularity itself, not substance.</p> <p>And once that's the rule of the game, people adapt. We start to trust those with more followers, as if the crowd's attention is a measure of truth or credibility. The worth of ideas bends to the weight of numbers.</p> <p>This shifts the entire focus. Instead of caring about people and their thoughts, both creators and readers end up participating in the same game - chasing attention, optimizing for visibility, reacting to signals.</p> <p>Creativity gets squeezed into formats the platforms allow: a tweet, a post, a short clip, each engineered for quick consumption and instant feedback. The expression isn't free - it's boxed, tagged, ranked.</p> <p>Sure, building your own website would demand more effort, more thought, more responsibility for design and content. Social networks, by contrast, are frictionless: the audience is already there, the tools are ready-made, the dopamine loops to infinity and beyond.</p> <p>I don't really know how to describe it, but it's somewhere between creepy and convenient, unnatural and familiar. And, yeah, there is shitload of money into it.</p> <h3 id="and-i-just-don-t-want-to-be-part-of-that-system">And I just don't want to be part of that system.</h3> <div class="sidebyside"> <pre><code data-lang="braile">⣶⠒⠿⣶⠒⠚⢿⡒⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⡛⠛⢻⡟⠛⣻⠟⢻⣿⡿⣿⠉⠉⠛⢿⡛⠛⢻⡟⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⡿⠋⣿⠟⠛⣻⠟⢻⡿⠛⠿⣿⠻⢿⡛⢿⡛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⣿⠟⣻⠟⢛ ⣧⠀⠀⢹⡆⠀⢸⣧⡾⣻⣿⣧⠀⠙⣳⣾⡀⢰⠏⢠⡿⢸⠀⠘⢷⡀⠀⠀⢿⡀⠀⢻⣴⠟⣿⣽⣽⣿⠟⢷⣤⡇⠀⢠⡏⢠⡟⠀⠀⠀⠈⣇⠈⣧⢈⣷⣟⢻⣾⣹⣿⣼⠿⣦⣼⠃⣰⠏⢀⡾ ⠘⣧⠀⠀⣿⢠⡾⠛⣷⣏⣿⠹⣤⡾⠉⣩⡿⠿⣦⣿⠁⢸⠀⠀⠈⣧⠀⠀⢸⣧⡶⠛⢿⣼⠁⢹⠁⠈⣷⣠⡟⠛⢶⣼⡇⣾⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣠⡿⢿⣄⢻⣾⡋⢻⠏⢿⣴⠟⢻⣶⡏⠀⡼⠁ ⠀⢸⡄⢀⡿⠛⠳⣦⡟⠙⣿⠖⣿⠀⡼⠋⠀⣠⡾⠛⠓⢸⠀⠀⠀⢸⣆⣠⡾⠻⣦⡀⣸⠟⠳⣾⡶⠛⠙⢻⡄⢀⡿⠉⣻⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠞⠛⢷⣄⢹⣶⡟⠛⢿⡾⠛⢿⣠⡟⠉⢻⣶⡇⠀ ⠀⣸⡿⠛⢶⣄⠀⣿⠷⢦⣿⣤⢾⣿⠃⠀⣼⠏⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⣠⠿⣧⣀⠀⠈⢿⡏⠀⠀⢻⠀⠀⣀⣀⣿⣼⢃⡾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣆⣿⠛⠳⣾⣀⣤⠾⢿⣀⣴⠟⠉⠛⠀ ⠘⠃⠀⠀⠀⢹⣾⠇⠀⠀⣿⠁⠀⢻⣄⣾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠻⣦⢀⡾⠻⠶⣤⣸⣴⠞⠋⠁⠈⢻⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣻⠷⢶⣄⣸⠏⣠⣴⠾⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡿⠟⠛⠻⣿⣴⠾⠿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣃⣀⠀⠈⢹⠃⢀⣤⠾⠛⠛⠛⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠋⠀⠀⠙⢾⡻⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡾⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠘⠂⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢸⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠏⠀⠉⠙⢷⣼⣶⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⢸⡀⢸⠀⡇⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠱⡤⠤⢽⣿⡿⢥⣜⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡔⠑⡯⠻⢻⠑⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⣼⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠳⠀⠇ F O L L O W L I K E S H A R E </code></pre> </div> 2025-09-18T12:21:01+03:00 https://killeik.net/thoughts/web-beyond-platforms/ <h1 id="the-web-beyond-platforms">The Web Beyond Platforms</h1> <p>At its core, the web is about people and connections. Every email, every forum post, every blog entry or obscure service exists because someone wanted to reach someone else. The web is communication, shared thoughts, services, creations - the human side that protocols only carry.</p> <p>This is why automation has such mixed consequences. In services - banks, clouds, infrastructure - automation is a blessing. It keeps things running, removes drudgery, and scales what would otherwise collapse. But in communication, automation poisons the well. Algorithms distort interaction, likes flatten nuance, and rigid formats squeeze human expression into whatever fits the <a href="/thoughts/unsocial-networks/">feed</a>.</p> <p>The truth is, the best "social network" has always been the internet itself. An open web without gatekeepers, without enforced structures or dictated formats. The <a rel="external" href="https://benhoyt.com/writings/the-small-web-is-beautiful/">small web</a>, <a rel="external" href="https://indieweb.org/">indie web</a>, or <a rel="external" href="https://yesterweb.org/">yesterweb</a> represents this spirit: a web where people post because they want to, not because the algorithm nudges them to. A web where pages don't look the same, where wandering through links feels like a journey rather than scrolling down a conveyor belt.</p> <p>This "small web" is not nostalgia, but freedom. It means discovering someones personal site and being surprised by its design. It means following links into odd corners of knowledge. It means stumbling onto niche passions that no platform would ever consider engagement-worthy.</p> <p>That's the feeling I value and want to share. The web, at its best, is not a product. It's an exploration. It's human. 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For example, adding links to beautiful websites, useful tools, etc.</li> <li>This page is a guideline for writing a website.</li> </ul> <h2 id="about-website-content">About website content</h2> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260404003048/https://libre.town/thoughts/entry_9.xhtml">Hypertextual maximalism</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://ascii.co.uk/art">ASCII</a> <a rel="external" href="https://www.asciiart.eu/image-to-ascii">art</a> is <a rel="external" href="http://patorjk.com/software/taag/">beautiful</a>!</li> <li>And the boring part is to break free of mental barriers: This website is my subjective position and does not claim to be the objective truth. I will try to express my position honestly and without a huge disclaimer before each article. My position changes. 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